Dear Museum Libraries Division members (and interested others) --
At the Museum Libraries Division meeting in Denver, Pat Barnett at the Frick
gave the Division an update on the NYARC (New York Art Resources Consortium)
collaboration, and we took a question about publications on the project.
I'm attaching herewith a recent email from RLG about just such a
publication, a white paper by Brian Lavoie and Günter Waibel, who worked on
the project for RLG. Enjoy!
Karyn Hinkle
Museum Libraries Division
co-moderator at Denver meeting
incoming moderator for Indianapolis meeting
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Karyn Hinkle
Reader Services Librarian
Bard Graduate Center for
Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, & Culture
38 W. 86th Street
New York, NY 10024
Tel: + 212.501.3035
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http://www.bgc.bard.edu/library
-----Original Message-----
From: RLG Announcements to Partners [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of RLG
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:27 AM
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Subject: New White Paper on NYARC Collection
Dear Colleagues,
I'm pleased to announce the release of a new white paper on museum
collaboration, prepared by Senior Research Scientist, Brian Lavoie, and RLG
Program Officer, Günter Waibel. "An Art Resource in New York: The Collective
Collection of the NYARC Art Museum Libraries" (.pdf: 136K/18 pp.) is
available in PDF format on the OCLC Programs and Research Web site.
The report provides an overview of the work undertaken under the auspices of
a planning grant sponsored by The Mellon Foundation in which the Brooklyn
Museum, the Frick Art Reference Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and
the Museum of Modern Art formed the New York Art Resources Consortium
(NYARC) to explore deep collaboration between their respective libraries.
NYARC engaged RLG Programs to provide the libraries with collection analysis
and business intelligence they need to make informed decisions about the
nature of their collaborative efforts.
The findings presented are based on determination and analysis of the size
of the collective NYARC collection, the extent of holdings overlap as well
as uniquely held materials. The report compiles statistics about specific
types of materials the consortium held a special interest in, such as
auction catalogs, exhibition catalogs and serials. It also includes a
comparison of the NYARC holdings to a set of three local research libraries
(New York Public Library, New York University and Columbia University), as
well as a west-coast peer institution (Getty Research Institute), which
provides additional context for the findings.
You may link directly to the report here:
http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2008-02.pdf
This report is part of an ongoing series of papers from OCLC Programs and
Research to promote evidence-based practice in library cooperation by
identifying collaborative practices that are likely to have an enduring
positive impact on research libraries and the communities they serve.
Findings from this report will support and amplify ongoing work in our
Data-Mining for Management Intelligence & New Services program:
http://www.oclc.org/programs/ourwork/collectivecoll/mining/default.htm
Questions or comments regarding this report can be directed to Günter
Waibel, Program Officer, at [log in to unmask]
Best regards,
Melissa
Melissa Renspie
Senior Communications Officer, RLG Programs
OCLC Programs and Research
6565 Kilgour Place
Dublin, OH 43017-3395
Phone: (614) 761-5231
FAX: (614) 718-7585
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